4 dead, 4 wounded in Salinas shooting spree

12:31 PM,
Aug. 6, 2013

A view of Taco's Choice taqueria, at 624 Williams Road, now closed following a deadly shooting early Monday morning in Salinas. Investigators believe the incident began inside the restaurant and then spilled out into the parking lot. Three people were killed, and four others were hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries. One suspect has been arrested.

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Allison Gatlin
agatlin@thecalifornian.com

A 21-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of killing three people and wounding four others in a deadly brawl at a Williams Road taqueria early that morning.

The Salinas Police Department took Giovanni Pacheco into custody shortly after he drove off from his home at 9 a.m., according to a release. When he stopped on Del Monte Avenue, officers arrested Pacheco without incident.

He was booked into Monterey County Jail on suspicion of two counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder stemming from an early morning shooting at Taco's Choice, 624 Williams Road. Then a ...